means a non‐SES employee who is acting in a position usually occupied by an SES employee.

means:

(a) a Department; or

(b) an Executive Agency; or

(c) a Statutory Agency.

means:

(a) the Secretary of a Department; or

(b) the Head of an Executive Agency; or

(c) the Head of a Statutory Agency.

means:

(a) in relation to a Department—the Minister who administers the Department; or

(b) in relation to an Executive Agency—the Minister who administers the Agency; or

means the Australian Public Service established by section 9.

means:

(a) a person engaged under section 22; or

(b) a person who is engaged as an APS employee under section 72.

means employment as an APS employee.

means the principles in section 10A.

means the values in section 10.

means one of the following categories:

(a) ongoing APS employees;

(b) APS employees engaged for a specified term or for the duration of a specified task;

means rules made under section 23.

means the rules in section 13.

means the Public Service appointed under this Act.

means directions issued by the Commissioner under section 11, 15 or 36.

means a of State, excluding any part that is itself an Executive Agency or Statutory Agency.

means:

(a) a singleenterprise agreement; or

(b) a multienterprise agreement.

means an established under section 65.

means:

(a) a modern award; or

(b) an enterprise agreement; or

(c) a workplace determination; or

(d) an FWC order.

means a person who was, but is no longer, an APS employee.

:

(a) in relation to an Executive Agency—means the person appointed as the Head of the Agency under section 67; and

(b) in relation to a Statutory Agency—means the person declared by an Act to be the Head of the Agency.